6th Grade Unit 3 Unit 3 Lesson 1 Formative Assessment

6th Grade Unit 3 Unit 3 Lesson 1 Formative Assessment - Exponents

6th Grade Unit 3

Grade Math Class; Lesson Number: 1

Key Standards addressed in this Lesson: MCC.6.EE.1

Time allotted for this Lesson: 2 days

Materials Needed:

Teacher & Students Frameworks from GADOE website

Task “Exponents” from the GADOE website

red and green die (or two colors)

Task “Rules for Exponents” from the GADOE website

Unit 3 Lesson 1 Formative Assessment – Exponents (attached)

Key Concepts in Standards: Refer to TE

Write and evaluate expressions involving whole-number exponents.

Essential Question(s): Refer to TE

How are exponents useful in solving mathematical and real world problems?

Vocabulary: (Tier) Refer to TE

Tier 1: already knows

Tier 2: needs review

Tier 3: New Vocabulary

Tier 1

Tier 2

Tier 3

Exponent

Constant

Order of Operations

Coefficient

Term

Base

Exponential Form

Standard Form

Concepts/Skills to Maintain: Refer to TE

 Using parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions and evaluate

expressions with these symbols.

 Write and interpret numerical expressions.

 Interpret a fraction as division.

 Operations with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

Opening:

Day 1:

Use the teacher frameworks from the GADOE website. Locate the task “Exponents”

and complete the “introduction” and “before the lesson” with your students.

Day 2:

Use the teacher frameworks from the GADOE website. Locate the task “Rules for

Exponents” and complete the “introduction” and “before the lesson” with your students.

6th Grade Unit 3 Unit 3 Lesson 1 Formative Assessment - Exponents